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单词 derail
释义
derail
verb
uk
/ˌdiːˈreɪl/us
/ˌdiːˈreɪl/

derailverb(TRAIN)

[IorT]
If atrainderails or is derailed, it comes off therailwaytracks.
（使）（火车）脱轨
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
On the road: accidents involving vehicles
  • anti-collision
  • bird strike
  • brake
  • car crash
  • crash-landing
  • cropper
  • derailment
  • overshoot
  • prang
  • rear-end
  • road toll
  • roadkill
  • RTA
  • rubbernecking
  • run(something)intosomething/someone
  • runsomeone/somethingdown
  • shunt
  • sideswipe
  • stack
  • stack up
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derailverb(PLAN)

[T]
topreventaplanorprocessfromsucceeding:
阻挠
Renewedfightingthreatensto derail thepeacetalks.重燃的战火对和谈构成了威胁。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Preventing and impeding
  • anti-jamming
  • avert
  • avoid
  • avoidable
  • bar
  • be a drag onsomeone/somethingidiom
  • bottleneck
  • fireproof
  • hamper
  • hang
  • havesomeone/somethinghanging roundyourneckidiom
  • head off
  • hinder
  • prejudice
  • prevent
  • preventable
  • prevention
  • prevention is better than cureidiom
  • scuttle
  • smother
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Related word

derailment
(Definition ofderailfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

derail| American Dictionary

derail
verb[T]
us
/dɪˈreɪl,di-/
tocauseatraintorunoff thetracks:
fig.Renewedfightingthreatensto derail thepeacetalks(=stopthem fromcontinuing).
(Definition ofderailfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

derail| Business English

derail
verb[T]
uk
/dɪˈreɪl/us
tostopsomething fromsucceeding:
Investors are veryconcernedthat a newcrisiscould derail theeconomicrecovery.
Analystsidentifiedfivefactorswhich could derail thehi-techmarkets
(Definition ofderailfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofderail

derail
The ' normal' progress of the courtship has been inwardly derailed, even if the outward forms are being observed.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The most important thing, they say, is that the negotiations are not ‘derailed’ and that more are scheduled.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
One involved a passenger train in which eight carriages out of 10 derailed.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
During shunting operations one pair of wheels of a barrier wagon, between a locomotive and three nuclear flask wagons, became derailed on hand worked points.
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Three of the freight trains derailed contained continental type rolling stock.
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The train was not derailed, and there were no personal injuries.
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I am only sorry that it should have been derailed.
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I hope we shall not be derailed in all this.
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The collison resulted in the rear coach becoming derailed and the locomotive damaged.
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Such derails are not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
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One coach of the standing train was derailed and the guard and six passengers were injured.
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Six months later a train was directed over the points and was derailed.
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The locomotive and the first two coaches of the passenger train were derailed, as were a number of the oil tank wagons.
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The third and fourth coaches were derailed and damaged.
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The last six coaches were completely derailed about 300 yards further on and one turned over on its side.
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